Display sign for passenger vehicles



Apr. 17, 1923. 1,452,332

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DISPLAY SIGN FOR ?ASSENGER VEHICLES.

' Application filed. December 19, 1921, Serial No. 521,282.

T all whom it may concern Be it known vthat I, EDWARD l/V'OTTON, a

. citizen of the United States, residing at Edgewater, in the county of. Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display Signs for Passenger Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing. This invention relates to display signs for advertising purposes for use in connection with passenger vehicles, and more particularly in'connection with motor buses ofthe type in which an upper deck is provided for the accommodation of passengers. In certain types of such buses, the destination sign is sustained at the front of the bus body which sign is pervious to light and is illuminated by a lamp situated in rear of the sign. In accordance with the present invention, an advertising sign isprovided which is located above the destination sign and faces to the rear so that it can be read from the deck of the bus, the said sign being so positioned with reference to the said lamp that it will be illuminated by the light from the same, with the result that the advertising matter on the sign will be conspicuously displayed to the vision of passengers occupy- 30 ing the deck.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through the front of the upper portion. of a bus on the line aa of Fig. 2 having my invention applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the front end of the deck as viewed from the rear and showing the rearwardly facing advertising sign.

Referring to the drawings:

1 designates the bus body and 2 the upper passenger deck, which is enclosed as usual by the side walls 3 and the front wall 4, which walls are surmounted by the usual side railings 5 and front railing 6. 7 designates a destination sign which is sustained by the bus body in front of the wall 4 and is preferably pervious to light and illuminated from the rear by lamps 8 sustained between the wall and the sign. Due to this construction the sign can be read from in front of the bus, and the lamp will be hidden by the wall 4 from the direct view of the passengers occupying the deck.

9 designates an advertising display sign which is sustained y the bus body above the if;

destination sign and above the front wall 4, the said advertising sign facing tothe rear so that it can be observed by the passengers on the deck. To support this sign apanel 10 is provided which extends upwardly and rearwardly from a point above the destination sign and'is connected atits upper portion to the front railing 6. Thepanel is pro vided with a horizontal bead 11 at about the level of the upper edge of thewall 4 which bead is formed with a groove 12 to receive the loweredge of the sign whose upper edge is seated in a groove in a horizontal bead 13 at the upper edge of the. panel. Thus arranged, the sign will be exposed to the direct rays of the light from the lamp 8 and will be illuminated thereby, so that it will be plainly visible and can be clearly read by the passengers on the deck. A horizontal transparent panel 14 extends vertically upward from the top of the wall 4 to the railing 6 and protects the sign 9, the said panel being hinged to the wall by hinges 15 so that it can be swung downwardly and rearwardly to permit access to the sign. By locating the advertising sign in the position described, where it can be viewed-by the passengers on the deck facing the front, and where it will be illuminatedby the lamp which illuminates the destination sign, the advertising sign will be brought out inconspicuous relief and will attract the attention of thepassengers and thus serve to bring prominently to their attention the advertising matter thereon.

- that the invention is not limited to any particular form or construction of the parts except in so far as such limitations are specifled in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a combination witha bus body having an upper passenger deck, a destination sign pervious to light, supported at the front of the body adjacent the level of the deck, a lamp in rear of said sign to il1umi-' so that it can be read from in front of the bus, and an advertising sign supported above and in front of the deck and facing to the rear to be read from the deck, said advertising sign being exposed to the direct rays of said lamp so as to be illuminated thereby.

2. In combination with a bus body having' an upper passenger deck provided with a front wall, a destination sign pervious to light sustained in front of said wall, a lamp between the wall and destination sign to illuminate the latter so that it' can be read from in' front of the bus, and an advertising sign sustained above the wall forward of the same and facingto the rear to be read from the deck, said advertisingsign being in position to be illuminated by the direct rays of said lamp.

3. In combination with a bus body having an upper passenger deck provided with a front wall, and with a front railing above the wall, a destination sign pervious to light sustained by the body in front of said wall, a lamp between the wall and sign to illuminate it so that it can be read from in front nate it of the bus, a panel extending upwardly and rearwardly from the top of the sign, and connected with said railing, and an advertising sign applied to the rear face of the panel to be read from the deck, said sign being in position to be illuminated by said lamp.

4:. In combination with a bus body having an upper passenger deck provided with a front wall and with a front railing above the wall, a destination sign pervious to light sustained by the bodyin frontof said wall, a lamp between the wall. and sign to illuminate the latter, a panel extending upwardly from the destination sign and connected with said railing, an advertising sign applied to the rear face of the panel tobe read from the deck, said sign being in position to be illuminated by said lamp, and a transparent panel in rear of said advertisingsign between the top of the wall and railing.

' In testimony whereof, I have affixed my signature hereto.

EDWARD wo'rToN. 

